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on dlscocellulars ; a discal distinct yellowish white line cross- 

 ing the two wings from near apex to near anal angle, inter- 

 rupted at costal areas, and margined with piceous, on secon- 

 daries terminating in a diffused spot on discoidal interspace ; 

 internervular folds terminating in black dots, united by a fine, 

 black, Avaved marginal line ; fringe reddish : body olivaceous 

 brown, abdomen paler. Wings below testaceous, speckled with 

 grey, veins ochraceous ; three nearly equidistant lunulated 

 black lines, and between them series of ill-defined dusky 

 lunules ; a white-centred black spot within the cells, and 

 another on the discocellulars ; outer margin as above : body 

 below sandy whitish. Expanse of wings 1 inch 9 lines. 

 Natal. 



Genus 74. Benodes, Guenee. 



90. Renodes nigriceps, Walker. 

 Natal. 

 The type is a faded and rubbed specimen from Sierra Leone. 



91. Renodes pallidula, n. sp. 



Sandy whitish, speckled with black atoms : primaries with 

 an oblique, abbreviated, pale brown streak from inner margin, 

 beyond it a zigzag discal line and a broad external border 

 (tapering to apex) of the same colour; three or four black 

 discal dots towards apex ; a black marginal line : secondaries 

 with three nearly equidistant parallel, pale brown, discal bands, 

 and between them two series of black dots ; outer margin with 

 a black edge : head, collar, palpi, and anterior femora and tibias 

 black ; thorax and abdomen sandy whitish, the latter black- 

 speckled, with whitish margins to the segments. Wings below 

 pale testaceous, densely sprinkled with brown scales ; disk 

 crossed by three brown lines, the two inner ones dentate- 

 hastate, irregular, and approximating on primaries, between 

 the two outer ones a series of black spots ; external area of 

 primaries dusky in the centre ; a black dot on discocellulars ; 

 body below whitish ; legs (excepting anterior femora and tibiae) 

 testaceous. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 



Natal. 



Genus 75. Selenis, Guene*e. 

 92. Selenis costalis, n. sp. 



Basicostal area creamy white ; two oblique lituras and a 

 brown subapical line, crossed by three white dots, on costa of 

 primaries ; a broad central mahogany-brown band tapering 

 from abdominal margin to discoidal interspace towards apex 

 of primaries, and bordered externally by a silvery line ; a 



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